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sudoedit_editor: fix CVE-2023-22809 exploit to actually land root
The module built the right EDITOR="helper -- /etc/passwd" injection but failed
two ways, both now fixed (VM-verified root on Ubuntu 22.04.0 / sudo
1.9.9-1ubuntu2):

1. Writable-CWD guard: sudoedit refuses to edit any file whose parent dir is
   user-writable. The injected "--" is resolved relative to CWD, so running
   from home/tmp made sudoedit abort "--: editing files in a writable
   directory" before the editor ran. Fix: chdir("/") in the sudoedit child.

2. Wrong tmp copy: sudoedit hands the editor one tmp copy per file, named
   <basename>.XXXXXX. The helper wrote argv[argc-1] — the sudoers-authorized
   COVER file (e.g. motd), not the target. Fix: the helper now matches the
   target's basename prefix (passed via SKEL_TARGET) to pick the right copy.

Result: /etc/passwd gains a skel::0:0 row; `su skel` -> uid=0(root).
docs/EXPLOITED.md + VERIFICATIONS.jsonl updated. Unit harness green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0118iUgHY44hdRtANgyCmu7y
2026-07-23 21:32:44 -04:00
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